We had always been able to manage to divert the public discourse here in India and in Pakistan towards the talks on terrorism, and terrorism only.
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Home Minister Rajnath Singh also hit out at Pakistan saying if it had to raise the Kashmir issue, it should have done so in Ufa when Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a meeting with Nawaz Sharif.
His speech where he talks on how Pakistan can lose Baluchistan if it attempts any other 26/11-type terror strike against India has gone viral.
Senior Congress leader A K Antony comes down heavily at the centre after the talks with Pakistan were cancelled.
“They should have been alert on this and should have had prior planning on Pakistan’s possible response”.
But the divergence of talking points was one of the main stumbling blocks: Indian official sources had said they wanted to provide proof that militants were getting support from over its western border, while Pakistan wanted the talks to be broader and include issues on Kashmir.
Peace talks between India and Pakistan collapsed on Saturday hours before they were scheduled to start, as the nuclear-armed rivals were unable to overcome deep-rooted mutual mistrust.
“I think the government needs to get its house in order”.
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He accused the BJP of creating a fiasco before talks with Pakistan. Singhivi further raised the question as to who is actually involved in foreign policy decision-making.
